Georgian edit

Etymology edit

According to Chubinov and Ačaṙean, from Armenian թաթ (tʻatʻ). Alternatively, a Lallwort. Compare also Georgian ტოტი (ṭoṭi, paw), Mingrelian ტოტი (ṭoṭi, id.), Svan ტუ̂ეტ (ṭûeṭ, paw; hand); Chechen тӏод (tʼod, paw; hand), Ingush тӏод (tʼod), Bats ტოტ (ṭoṭ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /tʰatʰi/
  • Hyphenation: თა‧თი

Noun edit

თათი (tati) (plural თათები)

  1. paw

Inflection edit

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Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Mingrelian: თვათვი (tvatvi)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “թաթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 137
  • Čubinov, David (1840) “თათი”, in Грузинско-русско-французский словарь [Georgian–Russian–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 217b
  • Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 83